Chicken-coop.



\ PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906. 'J. w. STEVENS. CHICKEN 000?.

APPLICATION FILED .APR.10, 1906.

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UNITED s'rn rns PATENT OFFICE.

CHICKEN-COOP- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed April 10, 1906. Serial No. 310,972.

'1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE WARRENSTE- VENS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cedarbluff, in the county of Clay and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chicken-Coops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in chicken-coops, and more particularly to that class made of metal or other material that is safe against the attacks of any animal desiring to enter the coop to obtain the fowls therein.

The device is intended more especially for small chickens; and it is an obj ectof this invention to provide a novel device of this kind having a removable door and novel means whereby the securing attachment for the door anchors the coop against displacement.

It is also an object of this invention to produce a device of this character possessing advantages in points of simplicity, efficiency, and durability, proving at the same time comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a chicken-coop embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a fragment showing a slightly-different mode of fastening the bottom and supporting the coop.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the flooring or bottom of the coop, which may be of any preferred form, but it is preferably rectangular. This flooring may be of metal, wood, or any desired material. Along the opposite edges of the flooring or bottom 1 are series of apertures 2, the purpose of which will be hereinafter set forth.

Resting on the flooring is the body 3 of the coop. This body is made of sheet metal bent into a semicylindrical form. The opposite ends of the body are'bent inwardly to form flanges 4, each of the flanges being provided with apertures 5, which register with the apertures 20f the bottom or flooring when the body 3 is in applied position. To secure the body to the flooring, the curved stay-rods 6 areemployed, the said rods having their end portions passing through the registering apertures 2 and 5 and bent outwardly and downwardly, as at 7. These portions 7 also act as feet or supports for the coop and hold the coop slightly above the ground. This will tend to keep the coop moisture-proof and permit water, as a result of rain or other cause, to pass therebeneath. As illustrated in Fig. 4, the rods are slightly curved, as at 8, to prevent any downward movement of the bottom on the rods.

Fitting within the ends of the body of the coop are the closures or doors 9, which are of such shape as to conform to the contour of the ends. Each of the doors,is provided along its lower edge with a flange 10, provided with a central opening 11, which registers with an opening 12 in the flooring 1, it being understood that the flange 1O rests upon flanges 4 of the body. In the top of the body 3 and in a line with the opening 12 is an, opening 13. To hold the door against displacement, a rod 14 passes through the openings 13, 12, and 11, and the rod is of such length as to extend down into the ground, and thereby hold the coop against displacement. 1

Both of the doors are perforated in order to permit proper ventilation of the coop. It may well be stated that if necessary but one of the doors need be perforated. It may further be stated that although the body 3 is shown semicylindrical in shape any contour may be employed.

The doors are provided with the grasps 15 in order that the same will be easily applie and removed. Attention is also directed to the fact that the upper ends of the rods 14 are curved to provide holds, whereby they may be readily withdrawn from their operative position.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, a flooring, a body thereon, stay-rods for securing the body to the flooring, said rods acting as supports for the flooring.

2. In combination, a floorin a body, flanges on the body resting on t e flooring, and means passing through the flanges and the flooring for securing the body to the flooring, said means acting as a support for the flooring.

3. In combination, a flooring, a body thereon, stay-rods passing through the body of the flooring to secure the body to the flooring, said stay-rods acting as a support for the flooring and having a means for limiting the movement of the flooring thereon.

4C. In combination, a coop, doors therefor, and means carried by the coop for holding the doors in position, said means also acting.

as an anchor for the coop.

, 5. In combination, a coop, doors therefor having flanges, means passing through the coop and the flanges of the doors for holding the doors against displacement, said means also acting as a support for the coop.

6. In combination, a coop, doors for the coop, flanges on the doors, stay-rods passing through the coop and the flanges of the site ends to form flanges to rest on the floor-.

ing, curved stay-rods having their end portions passing through the flanges of the body.

and the flooring, said free portions being bent to form supports.

8. In combination, a flooring, a body there on and means for securing the body tothe flooring, said means acting as a support for the flooring. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses, this the 14th day of March, 1906. I

JESSE WARREN STEVENS. Witnesses:

STERLING G. JAY, P. H MGEACHIN. 

